Studio Toolkit for Flexibles 14 User Guide 06 - 2015 Studio Toolkit for Flexibles Contents 1. Copyright Notice.......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................................................6 2.1 About Studio....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Workflow and Concepts................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.3 Quick-Start Tutorial...........................................................................................................................................................8 3. Creating a New Bag.................................................................................................................................................................12 3.1 Pillow Bags........................................................................................................................................................................13 3.1.1 Panel Order and Fin vs. Lap Seals.............................................................................................................14 3.2 Gusseted Bags.................................................................................................................................................................15 3.2.1 Open or Closed Gussets................................................................................................................................ 16 3.3 Stand-up Pouches..........................................................................................................................................................17 3.3.1 Stand-Up Pouch without Bottom Seal......................................................................................................18 3.4 Tetrahedral Bags..............................................................................................................................................................19 3.5 Quattro Seal Bags.......................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.5.1 Seals for Quattro Seal Bags..........................................................................................................................22 3.6 Quattro Seal Bag with Back Seal............................................................................................................................ 24 3.7 Sachets................................................................................................................................................................................25 3.7.1 Sachet Type and Orientation.........................................................................................................................27 3.8 Diaper Bags.......................................................................................................................................................................29 3.9 Ponytail Bag......................................................................................................................................................................30 4. Changing the appearance of the bag..............................................................................................................................33 4.1 Put an Object inside the Package...........................................................................................................................33 4.2 Tweaking the Substrate shading...............................................................................................................................35 4.3 Setting the Rounding Value........................................................................................................................................36 5. Live Shaping................................................................................................................................................................................38 5.1 Starting and Stopping Live Shaping.......................................................................................................................38 5.2 Live Shaping and Done/Stalled.................................................................................................................................38 5.3 Air and Liquid Content................................................................................................................................................. 39 5.4 Setting the Stiffness Value.......................................................................................................................................... 40 5.5 Working with Pullers...................................................................................................................................................... 40 5.5.1 Creating and Changing Pullers.....................................................................................................................40 5.5.2 Deleting Pullers................................................................................................................................................... 42 5.6 Working with Fold Lines...............................................................................................................................................43 5.6.1 Fixed Fold Lines................................................................................................................................................. 43 5.6.2 Creating Custom Fold Lines..........................................................................................................................43 5.6.3 Deleting Custom Fold Lines.......................................................................................................................... 44 5.6.4 Hard and Soft Fold Lines............................................................................................................................... 44 ii Contents 5.6.5 Limitations............................................................................................................................................................. 45 5.6.6 Using parallel Fold Lines to make a smooth bend...............................................................................45 5.7 Working with the Polygon Mesh...............................................................................................................................46 5.7.1 Using the Mesh tool......................................................................................................................................... 48 5.7.2 Reset the Mesh...................................................................................................................................................48 5.8 Working with the Freeze tool..................................................................................................................................... 49 6. Using the Studio Toolkit application................................................................................................................................ 51 6.1 Saving and opening Collada files.............................................................................................................................52 6.2 Import Into......................................................................................................................................................................... 52 6.2.1 Obtain a 3D shape............................................................................................................................................ 52 6.2.2 Using graphic files.............................................................................................................................................53 6.3 Change the Camera viewpoint..................................................................................................................................54 6.4 Transform the selected 3D shape(s)........................................................................................................................54 6.5 Repeat................................................................................................................................................................................. 59 6.6 Selecting objects.............................................................................................................................................................60 6.7 Tabs...................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 6.8 Measurements.................................................................................................................................................................. 61 6.8.1 Adding measurements......................................................................................................................................61 6.8.2 Setting up measurements...............................................................................................................................62